Pedro Martinez Quotes

By the time I am Howard's age I hope to be long retired. I don't plan on working that long.

You hear too many guys talk about retiring too soon.

If, and when, I do eventually decide to retire, the announcement will be made by myself. I feel that I have earned the right to do it myself.

I have no plan to retire anytime soon, although remember I am 50 years old!

Why should I say I will retire in three or four years? You retire the very moment you utter those words.

I'm always announcing my retirement. I'm still not retired.

God knows when I'm going to retire. I think I'm going to be bored.

Really, I don't know what I'd do with myself if I retire. Wash dishes?

Retiring is one thing. Being retired is something else altogether.

Why go now? That is the question people asked when I announced I was retiring. A combination of things made me feel it was all drawing to a natural end.

When I was younger, I thought about retiring.

If you say you plan to retire in two or three years, you've already retired.

All my friends were retiring, and it got to the point where I was like, 'Hey, how come I'm not retiring?'

My retirement date, every time you ask me that, I'm going to say five years. I don't want to retire.

I don't want to rush into retirement and regret it, because people say play as long as possible until the legs can't take any more.

I always wondered if I would know the right time to retire. After that first Ashes Test in Brisbane in 2006 I had no intention of stopping. I was still focused and wanted a thousand international wickets. I was still driven.

I retired at 35 in '98 and thought, 'There's only one place to go, and that's downward.' I retired at a good level. I was at peace after 15 years - I was lucky to play that long.

Retirement has never, ever crossed my mind. And I honestly can't imagine when or why it would. If you're doing the thing you love, why on earth would you want to stop doing it?

Whether I retire tomorrow or in 20 years, I just want to get as much out as I can. But with that, I have an understanding that basketball's not forever.

Like people say, it's very hard for a good professional to retire.

The decision to retire was very easy. The timing had come to the point where it was very clear that my time was up.

Boxing's not going to retire me; I'll retire from boxing. That's where most people make mistakes. They normally stay in the game a bit too long.

I've always said that when I retire, I'll decide in the training room and not after a fight.

Being retired is one thing, but staying retired is another. Even when I announced my retirement, I'm sure people thought I was going to come back.

I wish I hadn't said I'm going to retire.